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| Born | United States |
| Occupation | Playwright, writer |
| Language | English |
| Education | Yale University(BA) Brown University(MFA) |
| Genre | Theatre, drama |
Jackie Sibblies Drury is an American playwright.[1]The New York Times called Drury's 2012 playWe Are Proud to Present a Presentation About the Herero of Namibia, Formerly Known as Southwest Africa, From the German Sudwestafrika, Between the Years 1884–1915 "her breakout work".[1][2][3] Her subsequent works includeSocial Creatures (2013) andFairview (2018); for the latter, Drury received the 2019Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
Jackie Sibblies Drury was raised by herJamaican immigrant mother and grandmother inPlainfield, New Jersey. Drury's mother enrolled her at a private school in New Jersey where she witnessed the persistence of "segregation even in a harmonious community."[4]
Drury attendedYale University, where she majored in literature.[5] She received her MFA in playwriting fromBrown University in 2010.[4]
She was a winner of theWindham-Campbell Literature Prize for Drama in 2015.[6]
She was awarded the 2019Susan Smith Blackburn Prize for her playFairview. The prize has a cash award of $25,000.Fairview was presentedOff-Broadway in 2018 byBerkeley Repertory Theatre andSoho Rep.[7][8]
Fairview was also awarded the2019 Pulitzer Prize forDrama for this "hard-hitting drama that examines race in a highly conceptual, layered structure, ultimately bringing audiences into the actors’ community to face deep-seated prejudices."[9]
She received the 2019 Steinberg Playwright Award forFairview, which includes a $50,000 cash prize.[10]
Drury received PEN/Laura Pels International Foundation for Theatre Award in 2022.[11]
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